The city of Minneapolis agreed to a $20 million settlement with the family of a woman shot dead by a police officer who was convicted of murder, lawmakers announced on Friday.
The settlement came just three days after jurors convicted the former officer, Mohamed Noor, of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the July 15, 2017, slaying of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual citizen of the United States and Australia.
Damond, 40, called 911 believing she had heard a sexual assault or rape in an alley next to her house. But when Noor and partner Matthew Harrity drove up to Damond’s home, they mistook her as a threat and Noor opened fire on her. There was no evidence found of a sexual assault.
The family filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city, an action that was put on hold pending the result of the criminal trial. Settlement talks began just after the verdict was reached, City Council President Lisa Bender said.
“We know that no amount of money can heal the pain that the Ruszczyk family or any family that has lost a loved one in this way,” Bender told reporters. “It is our continued commitment to work together, with our community, to demand and support change to policing.”
The family has pledged $2 million to a local charity focused on gun violence in Minneapolis. The city council voted unanimously to approve the settlement on Friday.
“This is not a victory for anyone, but rather a way for our city to move forward,” Mayor Jacob Frey said. “And I do believe that we will move forward together, united in the shared believe that such a tragedy should never occur in our city.”
Noor testified in his own defense, saying he believed his partner — in the squad car’s driver’s seat — was about to be shot by the woman approaching their vehicle.
The woman was Damond, and she was unarmed.
“I fired one shot,” Noor told jurors, later adding: “My intent was to stop the threat and save my partner’s life.”
Noor, 33, faces up to 15 years in prison when he’s sentenced on June 7. He was taken into custody moments after the verdict was read.
“We are here today because Justine is not. We’re here because her life was taken too soon,” City Councilwoman Linea Palmisano said Friday.
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They put this low IQ individual on the police force, now the taxpayers are on the hook for his incompetence! The mayor and the rest of the libtards who were peeing their pants over a Somali on the police force should be paying the settlement!
Here in Mpls – us taxpayers are taking it up the ass for $20,000,000.
I read that the settlement is $18m with $2m for an anti gun group. A Twofer!
Well said, my anonymous friend! There’s absolutely nothing anybody can do about it but regardless …well said!
Although, maybe …
This will never end until vigilante justice is administered. Assassination is the highest form of public service.
The communists in charge of Minneapolis are responsible for the African/American/ Nigger affirmative action reparations hire. The taxpayers are not. Justice will not be served until prison sentences or death penalties are administered to the policy makers in Minneapolis.
And you wonder why we as Americans should be selective to assure any individual wishing to enter our country is not some shithole dwellers incapable of becoming a true American
Are you a true American, Boaty?
Good question… that poses another.
When China’s “Social Credit” system is eventually imposed on our impoverished nation, do you want your passport stamped “True” American?
Unless you are a dual American/Israeli shill for Jewish apartheid, a “True” American label would disqualify you for political office anywhere.
Diogenes, ignore Andrea. Then she will go away.
You jump first, OTC.
First the citizens are STOLEN FROM to pay for these useless uniformed donut eaters, then, after their crime spree has ended, the citizens are STOLEN FROM AGAIN to pay for their incarceration AND the civil judgement rendered to the victim(s) of the crime spree. When have you EVER seen such abuse of power in a private corporation (that wasn’t being protected by government)? Indeed, a fully private, competitive market in societal and private security would not render these types of killings obsolete, but at least the employee would not be able to hide behind “sovereign immunity” statutes, and the company and the individual would be on the hook for compensation, not the general public.
Its the same question I ask about every incident of rape, violence, drugs, cheating, etc. that happens at a government monopoly day prison (aka-da publik skoolz): “when are we finally going to say ‘enough is enough?'”
We need police because…why?
Because there are niggers.
You could properly eliminate 90%+ of all big cities’ police forces if there weren’t any. Always trouble, always problems…always. When/if the gloves come off….well, no sense going there.
Because they will blast away at anyone who looks threatening during a random, roadside profit assessment for “Civil Asset Forfeiture”.
Reparations!
Crime HAS to pays well or cops would refuse to be criminals.
I think Noor, in addition to being undertrained and rushed onto the police force because of political correctness, was an imbecile with a twitchy trigger finger who shot across his partner’s lap by accident. His defense should have been that he’s fucking retarded and can no more be held responsible than you’d hold a dog responsible for killing a person by accidentally knocking a radio into a hot tub. The people responsible for Justine’s death are those that gave a pistol to that imbecile.
Instead, the whole police squad – so certain of the efficacy of the “I thought my life was in danger” defense – colluded to put together a story that the victim had rushed out, smacked the cop car, making a loud noise, and raised her arm causing Noor to think they were being ambushed. (Her fingerprints weren’t on the cruiser.) It was beyond ridiculous. I don’t think there’s ever been a murder within three zip codes of the neighborhood where this happened.
The takeaway for me was that cops are so certain that they can get away with murder by claiming they’d feared for their life that they’ll use that tactic in all instances. The other takeaway is that nothing trumps their loyalty to other cops. That they circled the wagons for this foreign mouth breather shows that.
Why do I get the feeling the family is full of liberals?
“The family has pledged $2 million to a local charity focused on gun violence in Minneapolis.”
Why not start a fund that helps people sue bad cops? That makes much more sense.
The taxpayers will once again suffer because affirmative action virtue signaling politicos wanted to demonstrate how open minded and non-racist they were. Cops always protect their own, even if the miscreant is a sub-intelligent mouth-breather with lopsided eyes and a blank stare. He shot that woman on purpose, probably because she wasn’t wearing a hijab and because she was white.
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“Yeah, I’m calling dibs on this one motherfuckers. Next time read the Fine Print”
Do you all realize that this Noor – asshole is a somali muslim ‘refugee’ diversity candidate for the Minneapolis, MN police? He had numerous complaints filed in his brief ‘career’ in sharia law inforcement. Nice job by NBC on omitting many key facts.